Wan-Teh Chang wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Nelson B Bolyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been told that GnuTLS's API only supports carrying non-binary >> text strings as application data, and doesn't facilitate the transmission >> of pure binary files (e.g. containing lots of zero bytes). I find that >> rather hard to believe, but it is cited as a reason that some developers >> choose NSS over GnuTLS. I'd appreciate any light that could be shed on that. > > I am not familiar with GnuTLS, but I don't believe GnuTLS could > have such a serious problem.
http://trac.gnutls.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/18#comment:1 (Well, they even aren't keeping their issue tracker spam-free...) > I believe you're referring to Howard > Chu's posting "GnuTLS considered harmful" on openldap-devel: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02484.html Did you actually read this thread? Especially this posting: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02510.html Ciao, Michael. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
